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Music Appreciation

appalachiablue

(41,131 posts) Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:16 PM Oct 2021

Message In A Bottle: Sending Out An SOS - The Police

- Sending out a big old group SOS, right here. Saw them rock out, summer '83.

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Message In A Bottle: Sending Out An SOS - The Police (Original Post) appalachiablue Oct 2021 OP

The Police had one of the greatest drummers IMHO. Stewart Copeland. jalan48 Oct 2021 #1

Also avid polo player, skilled music composer. His father, hmm appalachiablue Oct 2021 #2

I had never heard about his dad. Fascinating stuff, thanks! Walking on the Moon is one of jalan48 Oct 2021 #3

Same for Walking on the Moon, and Stewart's father appalachiablue Oct 2021 #4

jalan48

(13,860 posts)

1. The Police had one of the greatest drummers IMHO. Stewart Copeland.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:19 PM

Oct 2021

appalachiablue

(41,131 posts)

2. Also avid polo player, skilled music composer. His father, hmm

Reply to jalan48 (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:35 PM

Oct 2021

Last edited Tue Oct 5, 2021, 09:09 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/05/stewart-copeland-father-miles-cia-spy-the-police

jalan48

(13,860 posts)

3. I had never heard about his dad. Fascinating stuff, thanks! Walking on the Moon is one of

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 5, 2021, 08:42 PM

Oct 2021

my favorites from the band.

appalachiablue

(41,131 posts)

4. Same for Walking on the Moon, and Stewart's father

Reply to jalan48 (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 10:05 AM

Oct 2021

and his son's views on politics as expressed in the article are pretty surprising.

In school studying art history we had to read one of the books of a Cambridge Five spy, Sir Anthony Blunt's piece on the Italian Renaissance. His work as a Soviet spy 1930s- 1960s went public in 1979 but I didn't know anything about it till years later. It's a strange world at times!

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